Game of skill



H. J. PEO

GAME OF SKILL Feb. 7, 1933.

Filed Jan. 5, 1931 Ill!\lllllllllllliIll[llIllllmlfllilllmlllllhlllIIIIIIIIHIllllllllllllllllli Patented Feb. 7, 1933 HOWARD J. PEG, 0113" nocHns'rER, new YORK GAME or skim.

Application filed January 5, 1931.'-Seria1 No. 506,799.

The presentinvention relates togame apparatus and consists in the combinations and arrangements of elements hereinafter de* scribed and particularly setforth in the accompanying claims o i 4 Y 7 The invention has for its purpose to provide a game of simple and attractiveappearance, which maybe played by anyonewithout requiring experience or previous knowledge, 0 and wherein the elements of dexterity and skill are so balanced or designed that it may be repeatedly operated by one and the same person with ever increasing interest and reasonable uncertainty of result.

In the operation of the game skill is the essential factor which contributes to success fully playing and obtaining a high score. The game board or playing surface is set vertical or upstanding and accordingly each ball for its complete traverse is at all times in full view for tracing by the player so that after projection or shooting he may foretell with reasonable certainty the probable score of each play.

It is further proposed to offer an entirely new or novel apparatus which is so attractively designed in that it will be prominently dis played in the shops of merchants, or generally in places where people assemble and which will suggest or prompt those seeing it with a desire to play. The game may be operated with equal skill and enjoyment by children or adults.

The simplicity of construction of the maquantities at reasonably small cost to the end that anyone with comparatively small capi tal may own and operate a number of the machines located at widely diverse points. 'No

ing a number of the machines in perfect working order at all times and each machine is wholly self-contained and of such over-all dimensions that it will occupy the minimum space for transportation or where it is set up for playing. v p

The invention as disclosed herein forms a continuation in part of the subject matter contained in my U. S. patent on a game of skill No. 1,788,323; dated January 6, 1931.

chine is such that it may be manufactured in.

special mechanical skill is essential for keep-- Figure 1 is a front elevational view ,of the machine complete, and;

' Figure 2is a central sectional View thereof.

Referring to the construction in further detail and wherein similar reference charac- 1 ters designate corresponding parts in the different figures shown, the machine consists'of a suitable casing 3 of wood or other material having a base portion 4 and top 5 which are so proportioned that the front oroperating 5Q face'6 of the machine is set upright and slightly inclined to' the rear for easy playing and convenient inspection as shown.

A characteristic feature of the game is a coiled or spiral raceway which is formedby 9 a flange 7 suitably weldedor otherwise secured to the front face of a plate 8 mounted within the casing. Said spiral raceway is provided with a-tangentially disposedentrance 9 formed by theflange portion 10 and 30 which entrance-way islocated on the right side of the machine. At its lower or terminal end'the raceway9 communicates with a magazine or receiver portion 11 from which the ball members 12 are separately projected or shot through the raceway by a pneumatic-impelling device 13 to be further described. j i I 4 The respective convolutions or divisions of the coil 'or spiral are closely assembled 30 and the e'ntireraceway covers the greater front portion of the machine and is in full view through the glass cover and" ball re- 7 taining plate 6 which is suitably set within the casing 3. In like manner the transparent plate afiords'a clear and full view of the several ball receiving pockets 14: and the magazine 11 thereby permitting each operator to observe practically all positions in the entire trace of the balls as they are-separately played, and the score made;

Each of'the coils of'the game-board is provided with an eXitope-ning 15 to receive the ball and direct its passage through a returning channel-way 16 formed in the casingpiece17 which is in turn. secured tothe rear face of the plate 8 in any suitable manner. The several exit openings 15 are disposed in straight vertical alinement and substantially along a medial position along the front of the machine, and each of said openings has lndicia indicating a score value.

Thus the innermost opening at the central coil 15 is designated Out, and the next adjacent is marked 50, the next 40, and so on to the outermost coilwhich has the value of 10, That is to say, the exit openings of the respective coils have score values which are maximum and then decrease towardsthe And for each exit 1- periphery of the coil. opening 15 there is a corresponding pocket .or receiver 14 which communicates therewith throughits respective channel-way 16, as clearly illustrated inzFigure 1;. ,Thus in v the playing of the game the ball which passes through the innermost opening 15 finds its I r be projected through striking way to the corresponding pocket designated Out andin l ke manner the balls wh ch pass through the openings 40-30-20,

etc. ultimately fall into the corresponding;-

pockets designated 4030-20, etc.- The ballprojecting .device per se consists of a suitably shaped bulb 13 securely mounted on the base plate 8 and having a pipe or tube 19, an elbow portion 20 that terminates with and is secured to neck portion 21 asshownp Saidterminal of the tube'19' has a diameter slightly less than the ball 12 to the end that each ball when coming into'position adapted to be projected along therace-way and pass through one of said apertures,

means for holding the ball in starting posiing' a constricted neck portion, a fixedly mounted, bulb member adapted to be struck.

bythe hand, and a tube connecting saidbulb member with the constricted.neck-portion at the starting place for the ball, substantially as set forth. I

York, this seventeenth day of December, A. D. nineteen hundred and thirty.

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to be played will seat upon the open tube end 21-and from which position it is adapted to the bulb l3. It is proposed to use the machinewith five balls though it will be understood of course any greater or lesser number may be employed for properly playing the game. However, it is'beli'eved the most satisfactory results are obtainable with the use of five balls. After each game five balls are held in one orjmoreofth'e pockets 14 by a shelf 22 which is' no rmallv maintained in itsretaining po- SitiOn. Said shelf 22 is mounted on a shaft f on the base plate 8 and having 23 journaled handle 24 as shown. When the an operating balls are'released by onto the inclined ledge 25,andby gravity run into the magazine 11 which communicates with the passageway 9 as shown in Figure 1. I

"The" invention further contemplates em-' ploying any suitable coin control device through. he medium of which the fiveballs the shelf 22 they fall '12 are releasedor permitted to run into the 2 receiving chamber 11 and from which position they are adapted to be separately projected by the pneumatic device 13.

It is to be understood that I do notdesire to limit myself to theprecise detailsofconstruction and arrangement herein set forth, as it-is obvious that various modifications may be made therein without departing from 1 theessential features of the invention. What is claimed as new is:

1. A game apparatus comprlsing a race- Way having exit apertures, a} ball member In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Rochester, Monroe County, New

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